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Persecution of Zoroastrians refers to the religious persecution inflicted upon Zoroastrians. The persecution of Zoroastrians occurred after the Muslim conquest of Persia and the shift in the state religion, from Zoroastrianism to Islam. The persecution began when Zoroastrians were given the dhimmi status, and considered kafirs. The discrimination and harassment began in the form of sparse violence and forced conversions. Zoroastrians were made to pay an extra tax called Jizya, failing which they were either killed, enslaved or imprisoned. Those paying jizya were subjected to insults and humiliation by the tax collectors. Zoroastrian places of worship were desecrated, fire temples were destroyed and mosques built in their place. Many libraries were burnt and much cultural heritage was lost.

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  • Persecution of Zoroastrians refers to the religious persecution inflicted upon Zoroastrians. The persecution of Zoroastrians occurred after the Muslim conquest of Persia and the shift in the state religion, from Zoroastrianism to Islam. The persecution began when Zoroastrians were given the dhimmi status, and considered kafirs. The discrimination and harassment began in the form of sparse violence and forced conversions. Zoroastrians were made to pay an extra tax called Jizya, failing which they were either killed, enslaved or imprisoned. Those paying jizya were subjected to insults and humiliation by the tax collectors. Zoroastrian places of worship were desecrated, fire temples were destroyed and mosques built in their place. Many libraries were burnt and much cultural heritage was lost.
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  • Persecution of Zoroastrians refers to the religious persecution inflicted upon Zoroastrians. The persecution of Zoroastrians occurred after the Muslim conquest of Persia and the shift in the state religion, from Zoroastrianism to Islam. The persecution began when Zoroastrians were given the dhimmi status, and considered kafirs. The discrimination and harassment began in the form of sparse violence and forced conversions. Zoroastrians were made to pay an extra tax called Jizya, failing which they were either killed, enslaved or imprisoned. Those paying jizya were subjected to insults and humiliation by the tax collectors. Zoroastrian places of worship were desecrated, fire temples were destroyed and mosques built in their place. Many libraries were burnt and much cultural heritage was lost. Gradually there were increased number of laws regulating Zoroastrian behavior, limiting their ability to participate in society. Over time, persecution of Zoroastrians became more common and widespread, and the number of believers decreased significantly. Many converted, some superficially, to escape the systematic abuse and discrimination by the law of the land. Once a Zoroastrian family converted to Islam, the children had to go to Islamic school and learn Arabic and the teachings of the Quran and these children lost their Zoroastrian identity. Those who had converted just for the convenience could not revert back to Zoroastrianism because the penalty for renouncing Islam was death. According to Hinnells, Persecution is pivotal to Zoroastrians' sense of identity, and as the Jewish communities cannot be understood without an appreciation of the reality of anti-Semitism, so too the Zoroastrian experience of exclusion must be taken into account.
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